Source: myjoyonline.com - Sixty-five-year-old Elizabeth Asantewaa sits in her chair with an amputated limb and a decaying leg. She was too young at the time to understand what had happened to her.

As time went on she grew to understand her situation.

Elizabeth Asantewaa suffered injuries when a bomb exploded on 6th March 1964, as she was about presenting a bouquet to Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, at an Independence anniversary celebration.

Source: Public Agenda - A meeting is to be held in London on March 23 by predominantly whites with a handful of Africans, some of whom represent private seed companies, to discuss how to make a killing off Africa's seed systems.

Farmers and civil society organisations have not been invited to the meeting, which will be attended only by private seed companies, donors, representatives from Africa's regional economic communities, research centres and multinational development organizations, the African Centre for Biosafety(ACB) has disclosed.

The meeting, according to a statement issued by Mariam Mayet, ACB Director, will discuss a study produced by Monitor-Deloitte, commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and USAID. BMGF is a big sponsor of the commercialisation of agriculture in Africa, including through the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Working with USAID, this commercial agenda extends US foreign policy into Africa and threatens the livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers who rely on recycling seed for their livelihoods...

Source: Daily Graphic Ghana - With its stunning, multiple patterns of bright colours, coupled with the geometric shapes and gallant designs, Kente has been described as a unique textile and pride of Africa. ..

Source: The Al-Hajj - When The aL-hAJJ last week revealed how the present destructive infighting among National Executives of the ruling National Democratic Congress was posing a serious threat to President John Dramani Mahama’s second term bid, many were those who took it with a pinch of salt.

Source: myjoyonline.com - Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice has made the strongest indication yet that the state will retrieve the GHC51 million judgment debt “illegally” paid to Alfred Agbesi Woyome.Mrs. Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong said the state will not relent in pursuing the case at the highest court of the land, the Supreme Court, and will make sure that the money which has been a subject of controversy for years is refunded.